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Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
The number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S. exceeded 33,000 in 2015, an increase of 200% since 2000, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the same time, rates of NAS and maternal opioid use are climbing, as cited by a report focused on opioid misuse from the Institute for Medicaid Innovation, which hosted the June 22 summit along with the American Society of Addiction Medicine and the March of Dimes.
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Pregnant women who have experienced a prior preterm birth are advised to get progesterone injections to prevent another one, but Medicaid coverage of these injections varies between states and managed care organizations.
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Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation is excited to announce that this year’s annual research and clinical practice conference will be focused on addressing social determinants of health in Medicaid. The one-day conference to be held on October 30th in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreThe Opioid Summit last month, followed by the release of two relevant IMI reports was truly an amazing experience.
Read MoreJennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
Since 2000, the significant increase in the misuse of opioids, including prescription (e.g., oxycodone) and illicit (e.g., heroin) opioids, has led to the declaration of an “opioid epidemic” by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Jennifer E. Moore, PhD, RN, FAAN
The Institute for Medicaid Innovation welcomed its summer interns this week. The three undergraduate students are participating in the University of Michigan’s Public Service Internship Program (PSIP). The program prepares undergraduate students to obtain summer internships in Washington D.C.
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The Institute for Medicaid Innovation in collaboration with the Kaiser Family Foundation sought to better understand the provision of women’s reproductive health services in Medicaid with an emphasis on gleaning information about access and coverage.
Read MoreWe sometimes view oral health as simply that of good dental care. Yet it goes beyond maintaining the hard enamel structure of teeth, a structure so impervious that remaining dentition can often times be used as a tool for identification when all other human structures have decomposed.
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Medicaid finances approximately half of all deliveries in the United States. A recent analysis conducted by A. R. Markus et. al. (2016) found that Medicaid covered approximately 48.8 percent of all preterm births (compared to 42.1 percent covered private insurance) from 2010-2013 and that Medicaid was 7.5 percent more likely to be the source of coverage for a preterm birth than private insurance. It is worth noting that this analysis did not stratify by delivery system (e.g., fee-for-service or managed care).
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Preterm birth – delivery before 37 weeks of pregnancy – affects almost one in ten births and is the leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in the United States. Babies born preterm account for almost $20 billion in health care costs annually, both for acute care (after birth) and long-term care needs throughout childhood.
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